Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3260, Joseph Edwards, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Edwards, Joseph
P. 3260
Born in Va.
CONTENTS

29. 447 Joseph Edwards Illinois

And the Said Court do hereby declare their Opinion after the Investigation of the matter And after hearing the Interrogatories prescribed by the War Department That the Above named Applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier And served As he states And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Who has Signed the proceeding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the And That John Whiteaker who has also Signed the same was a resident in the County of Union & State of Illinois, and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to credit
Wenstead Davis Clerk of the Circuit Court for and for the County of Union and State of Illinois do hereby Certify the foregoing contains the Original proceedings of the Said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Edwards for a pension
W Davis Clerk
[Signature]

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit Of an act of Congress passed June the 7th 1833
State of Illinois } Union County } ss On this day the _____ of October 1833 personally appeared in Open Court before the Hon Thos. C. Brown Judge of the third Judicial Circuit in and for the State of said Joseph Edwards a resident of said county and State. Aged 75 Years Seventy five Years. Who being duly Sworn according to law upon his oath doth make the following Declaration in order to Obtain the benefit of an Act of Congress passed the 7th day of June 1832 That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the Year 1776 and served in the 5th Regiment of the Virginia line under the following named Officers Col. A. Stevens Capt Lucas Lieut John Stewart Ensign Wm Burns That he enlisted in Williamsburg Virginia and marched from thence to Alexandria and through the State of Maryland into the State of Pennsylvania from thence marched and joined the Army near at in the neigh- borhood of the Delaware River. Commanded by Gen- George Washington in the Month of Dec r a short time previous to the Taking the Hessians at Trenton he being in the Division commanded by Washington person and again in a few days after he was at the Battle of Princeton and likewise at the Battle of Germantown all of which

engagements he participated in. And at the last mentioned Battle (63) at Germantown he says his Col. (A. Stevens) was removed from command in consequence of Intoxication in the time of the Engagement. After that Col. Dark filled his place, at the time of the Army being Quarters at Morristown he was taken with the Small pox But recovered in a short time when compared with some of the valetudinarians he says the Physicians name was. Simbroke. Or Simbrook that attended On him during his Sickness. That he remained under the same Officers and in the same division of the Army until the Battle of Monmouth. But was not in the battle by reason of Sickness he quartered with the Army at Valley Forge and remained with the Army until the fall of 1777 when he was marched together with his company to Williamsburg in Virginia where the company under Lucas was made up here he says the company was recruited. But he received his discharge and went home. After this he never joined the Army under a regular Enlistment. Again That he was born in Prince Edward County Virginia October 30th 1739 he says he recollects well of seeing Anthony Wayne and Gen. Lafayette. But he knows of no one except Robert Fryatt whose Application is here with transmitted by whom he can prove his services in the Revolutionary war. That after the war was discharged he remained for some time in Virginia then removed to Tennessee and Illinois where he now resides.

The hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension Or an Annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension rolls of any agency in any State Sworn to and Subscribed the day and Year aforesaid Subscribed & Sworn to before me notary Joseph Edwards
And the Said court do hereby declare in our opinion that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states
I Wenstead Davis Clerk of the Circuit court in and for the county of Union and State of Illinois do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the Original proce- =eding of the Said Court in the matter of the appli- =cation of Joseph Edwards for a pension
In testimony I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office this day of October 1855 —
We residing in the County of Union and State of Illinois and being the nearest relative of said Joseph Edwards do hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Joseph Edwards who has Sworn and Subscribed to the above Declaration that we believe him to be Seventy five - 75 - Years of Age that he is reputed and believed in his neigh- borhood where he resides to have been a a Soldier of the Revolution And that we concur in that belief Sworn to And Subscribed the day and Year aforesaid John Whitehead W Davis clerk

Interrogatories
1 st Where and in what year were you born?
Ans. I was born in Prince Edward County Virginia Oct 6 th 1758.
2 nd Have you any record of your age if you have where is it?
Ans. I have no record of my age; it is lost.
3 rd Where were you living when called into service where have you lived since the Revolution any way, and where do you now live?
Ans. When I entered the service I lived in Prince Edward County Virginia and since the Revolution I have lived in the State of Virginia Tennessee and in the State of Illinois my present Residence.
4 th Have you been called into service were you drafted, did you enlist, or were you a substitute and if a substitute for whom?
Ans. I enlisted for 3 years.
5 th State the names of some of the Regular Officers who were with you the Troops when you served such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service.
Ans. I know, personally, Gen. Anthony Wayne, Gen. St. Clair St. Clair, Gen. Washington, Col. Lilliger, Briggs Butler, Majors Mulfree Pacey, and many others I was in the battle of Trenton, and assisted in taking the Hessians across the Delaware also at the battle of Princeton immediately after, also at the battle of Germantown and at the battle of Monmouth I was too unwell to be on duty.

6 th Did you ever receive a discharge from service? If you did by whom was it given and what has become of it?
Ans: I did receive a discharge from my Captain Edward Lucas, but was lost when my Mother died I being absent.
7 th State the names to whom you are known in your present neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Ans. Robert Fryatt, who has known me from my infancy. John Whitaker, with whom I have been acquainted for 16 years. all of my acquaintances can testify as to my veracity.

D. L. Edwards
Sir, in the hurry and confusion of a crowd I find that no clergyman has testified to the credibility of the entire assembly but in being one of the Virginia troops I believe it is not necessary to have the certificate of any if his name is found on the list of not to will be impossible for many of the troops to answer.
D. L. Edwards
Yours,
Salmon D. Tong, truly.

Rev. and 1812 War Section.
July 8, 1925
Mrs. B. R. Munn 3304 S. Penn St Denver, Colo.
Madam:
I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 3260 , it appears that Joseph Edwards was born October 5, 1759 in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
While residing in said county, he alleged that he enlisted in 1775 and was a private in Captain Edward Lucas' Company, Colonels A. Stevens and Darke's Virginia Regiment, was in the battles of Trenton, Princeton and Germantown and served until the fall of 1779.
He applied for pension in October 1833 at which time he was living in Union County, Illinois, but the claim was not allowed, as further proof of service was required.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

Wm J. Reynolds Feb 1, 1836
Record Vol 28. P 303.

War Department Pension Office Feb 1. 1836
Sir,
The papers of Joseph Edward have been ex d filed with suspended cases in this office. The proof exhibited in support of his claim is not sufficient. The only testimony exhibited, in addition to the traditional evidence is that of Robert Fryatt, who alleges that he has known the claimant fifteen or twenty years. He of course had no personal knowledge of the claimants service. The testimony of one or more witnesses who had a personal knowledge of the claimants service is necessary in order to a favorable decision.
Con
Dear John Reynolds, N. R.

Feb 1.
Ms.
To
James P. Edwards Esq.
Cannabis of Ponca
Washington Pits-
Mr. J. Reynolds DR

Washington City 29 th Jany. 1836
To Larry C. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
Enclosed I have before you the papers and proof for a pension. If necessary to the success of the claim I will call and explain to you -
I am friend John Bryan

Suspended
Oct 1 Feb 1836
Hon. J. H. Reynolds
3260

Denver, Colo, 3304 So Penn. St, May 4, 1925,
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
I am writing for Mrs. Mary J. Purdie, for the official record of her Rev. Ancestor, who was a pensioner, Please send all family data, you may have of him, especially the names of children - if given and when last payment was made and to whom, where he lived at enlistment - etc. Enclose this data to help you locate the right man, more quickly - Joseph Edwards - born in Virginia, enlisted for nine months - in 1776 under Col. Adam Skencar, was discharged at Martin'sburg Va, came to Union Co, Ill. in 1829, and died there, (Found in "Rev. Sol. buried in Ill." - By Walker) Thanking you,
Reply -
Mrs. R. R. Munn 3304 So Penn. St,
Denver, Colo,

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
2260 P. O. Joseph Edward Service: of Ill
Enlisted: _____, 18 .
Discharged: _____, 18 .
REJECTED The printed list of 1852 shows reasons for suspension
Application filed: "For further proof of service" 18 .
Alleges: _____ _____ _____
Re-enlisted: _____ _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____ _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
1925 July 8 - Hist to mrs. B. R. Mann. Ans.

State of Illinois } S. This day personally appeared Union County } before me an acting justice of the peace in and for said County.
Robert Forsyth resident in said County who is a person of good moral character and whose statements are to be credited and made oath that Joseph Edwards (a citizen of said County, & personally known to him) who has made application for a pension as he has been informed under the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 That he has been personally acquainted with said Joseph Edwards 16 or 20 years That he knew his parents in the State of Virginia, but does not now recollect nor can he say that he did serve in the Revolution that he is old and infirm, believes him to be 75 years old, that he is a person of good moral character, and from his acquaintance with said Edwards that full faith and credit should be given to his statements.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 27 th June 1832 his Robert Forsyth Mark
Henry Lyster J.P.

State of Illinois County of Union I J Winstead Dairie Clerk of the County Commission ers Court of Union County Illinois; do hereby certify that every Lyerle where proper signature appears on the opposite page is now and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace within said County duly elected Commissioner and qualified to Office and that full faith and Credit is due and of right ought to be given all his official acts as such
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal of Office at Jonesborough this 8 th day August 1834 - Winstead Dairie Clerk
Hon. Jno Reynolds H.R.